When I was 14 and still hugely not certain on my sexuality so I would say I was bi because at the time I thought that covered my bases I wore a black jumper that had a block of rainbow stripe across the chest. Everyone took the piss cause I was wearing it.

I have no problem with gay people, in fact, one of my best friends Dan is openly gay. He thinks gay pride is ridiculous. So do I.

I completely agree with the fact that radical religious people are wrong when they say that people choose to be gay, because they don't. People are born that way. If you're born that way, then you have nothing to be proud of. I hold the same belief on other pride parades, such as Black Pride. You were born that way, you have nothing to be ******* proud of.

I live in Blackpool, England. We have one of the largest gay populations in England, probably the world, and we have a massive gay pride festival every year, and its disgusting. Their's a difference between being proud, and being an arsehole about it.

I'm a white, heterosexual male, can you imagine the reaction if I wanted to have a white and straight parade. It would probably go something along the lines of **** off you privileged white boy.

i think its one of the it started for a reason and now that reasons not really there any more. Wikipedia puts the beginnings of most of this back 1969 so i think at this point its kept around because it makes money same as bike fest and mardi gras. the all mighty dollar* or Euro/ what ever

we still use pound sterling mate. fair enough, I understand economics and the need for money, but why not call it GayCon then, rather than a pride festival that I only ever see produce more hate for the Gay Community.

i think at least in the states the fact that nielsen ratings is just now starting to change as a system. pretty much sums up how slow people are to change things they think works despite every one telling them it does not.

Gay people do act equal. It's not like they run around 365 days a year screaming and wearing rainbow capes. They have full time jobs, they go on dates, they sit home and watch TV, just like the rest of us.

Oh yeah, the last one I went to confirmed all my stereotypes about local businesses and church groups being infiltrated by gays, and used to shut down a main street for an afternoon. It was terrifying.

I saw some people say it and others I think missed the point completely.

HERE COMES THE RED THUMBS MWAHAHAHAH lol. Enjoy.

Equal is equal. If the government says you have the right to get married, that applies to everyone....that would be equal. 1 for 1.

There is no Straight parade. Therefore there should be no Gay Parade. 1 for 1. In any other situation people have no problem grasping this concept but when it comes to taboo topics everyone seems to be brain dead. If I have 5 people in front of me and I have 5 "$1" bills, in order to be equal I have to give each person 1 bill. This has nothing to do with ANYTHING ELSE on the planet. This is not well Straight people are in the media. Well Gays can't get married. Well....Well. And so on. This is 1 for 1.

As for my opinion on the whole gay topic. I am for Gay Marriage, but against the Parade. Some people see it as an educational tool whereas I see it as a bunch of guys going down the streets in thongs pretending to have sex with each other going SEE YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT ME FOR WHO I AM. First, sure, I'll accept you, doesn't mean I need to like you. Second, that's not proper for a straight male to do....therefore it is not proper for a Gay male to do it. 1 for 1. Gay guys run up and rub women and go HA HA ITS OK cause I don't actually want females. No its not ok.

This isn't about "acting" straight. It's about equal and it's about being civil. Personally I don't care who you sleep with. That's your business. But when your main goal is attention seeking and to try and cram your ideology down everyone else's throats, then you can piss off. We all have the same laws to follow, yes some are not fair and we're trying to fix that, but don't act like you should get preferential treatment just because you've had a rough time.

A Video of a popular example of it. But that's typical Flamey Gay high school boy. I saw it a lot in high school and maybe it has stopped by now but it was very out in the open and obvious where they would grab a girls chest and then say it's ok to do that since they're gay and don't actually want females.

Highschool isn't exactly a model for human behaviour in the real world. Anecdotal evidence is useless, but I've never experienced this or even heard of it. I know a lot of gay guys are actively trying to get away from the stereotype of being the "safe" male friend for women.
(Also, I'm afraid I can't get your video to load?)
(Now I *have* known an allegedly asexual woman who had a tendency to get overtly sexual when drunk, but that's unrelated. I don't know why I brought it up.)

You brought it up because your logo is Velma from Scooby doo why else lol.

If High School is not a model for human behavior then I don't know what is. They're humans in their teenage years and they demonstrate exactly how humans act during those times. Most will go on and continue those trends and habits as they get older. Some won't. Not sure how that doesn't fit what humans do.

The only reason society functions as well as it does is because people aren't the same as they are in highschool. There's a reason the criminal penalties for doing bad things when you're that age aren't as serious as they are when you're older - teens do stupid ****. I'm not saying they're inherently bad, but they aren't exactly known for rational behaviour and self-control.

Which I fully agree with....but you can't look at them and say they aren't human or non examples of human behavior when that is exactly how we act. Since they're brains are not fully developed they do not have as much logical thought put into it BUT that's still how we act since they're human as well.

This is ******* ridiculous. "Hey, you wanna be considered equal? Well, **** dude, why don't you just ACT equal?" It doesn't work that way. You want society to change, you gotta bring attention to the problem. A parade is just an avenue to do so.

Everyone knows about the issue, the problem is not enough people care. I agree however, that the way to do it is not by wearing nothing but underwear and gallivanting throughout the streets. The parades aren't exclusively that though, which is why I'm not really opposed to the parades themselves.